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Tag: 1997 albums
Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Forever: #27 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I bomb atomically, Socrates’ philosophies and hypotheses can’t define how I be droppin’ these mockeries.
Radiohead – OK Computer: #63 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is what you get when you mess with us.
Wyclef Jean – Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival: #77 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sit right back and hear a tale of a hustler ’round my way.
The Aquabats! – The Fury of the Aquabats! #113 of best 1,000 albums ever!
All systems go! Soon the world will know the fury of attack – feel the wrath of the super rad.
The Bouncing Souls – The Bouncing Souls: #140 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I don’t want to be this way. I kick myself – I wish I could say I have no regrets today.
Green Day – Nimrod: #195 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Troubled times, you know I cannot lie. I’m off the wagon, and I’m hitchin’ a ride.
The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death: #207 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Beef is when I see you, guaranteed to be in ICU.
The Dandy Warhols – The Dandy Warhols Come Down: #226 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I never thought you’d be a junkie because heroin is so passe.
Save Ferris – It Means Everything: #236 of best 1,000 albums ever!
When I am down and I am blue all I have to do is close my eyes and think of you – and the world is new.
Sublime – Second-Hand Smoke: #670 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wrapped around your finger but I think my time has come, but I never can be too sure ’cause I like to have a little fun.
Hole – Celebrity Skin: #258 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Oh, make me over, I’m all I wanna be – a walking study in demonology.
Camp Lo – Uptown Saturday Night: #299 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is it, what? Luchini pouring from the sky.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Baile De Los Locos: #316 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I heard you think you’re bulletproof.
Perfect Thyroid – Musical Barnacles: #338 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Open your mouth and close your eyes and let the overlord’s spoon slide deep inside.
Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen: #416 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m big and important – one angry dwarf and 200 solemn faces for you.
Veruca Salt – Eight Arms To Hold You: #444 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Volcano girls, we really can’t be beat – warm us up and watch us blow.
Oasis – Be Here Now: #476 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Look into the wall of my mind’s eye. I think I know but I don’t know why. The questions are the answers you might need.
Buck-O-Nine – Twenty-Eight Teeth: #578 of best 1,000 albums ever!
My soul is sound when I’m in my hometown, yeah, and no place I’d rather be.
Rakim – The 18th Letter: #597 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Just when things seemed the same, and the whole scene is lame, I come and reign with the unexplained for the brains ‘til things change.
Various Artists – Boogie Nights: Music From the Original Motion Picture: #601 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You got the touch, you got the power. When all hell’s breaking loose, you’ll be riding the eye of the storm.
Elliott Smith – Either/Or: #632 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Watching the parade with pinpoint eyes full of smoldering anger.
The Toasters – Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down: #636 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I won’t play ball, won’t do as I’m told. I’d rather be a square peg in a round hole.
Hanson – Middle of Nowhere: #642 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s pure pop joy, pure joy joy. Okay?
Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out: #696 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s the riot grrl drama you’ve been craving.
Killarmy – Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars: #765 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hip hop that’s low key yet aggressive, gritty yet groovy, heavy yet accessible.
Cornershop – When I Was Born For the 7th Time: #768 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Record scratches, catchy pop hooks, and Indian influences that will butter the soul.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Let’s Face It: #779 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The impression that I get is that this is a rock solid collection of highly enjoyable alternative rock and pop- and punk-infused ska.
Smash Mouth – Fush Yu Mang: #882 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Put your all-star thoughts about this band aside, and you just might be walkin’ on the sun.
The Scofflaws – Live!, Vol. 1: #918 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A fun ska band with real musical chops that’s at its most fun-est best live.
Various Artists – Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks (Part One): #955 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Irony and kitsch beget musical admiration beget deep nostalgia.
Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club: #964 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An album that makes you think about music as a lifelong lifeline.
Various Artists – Ma 6-t Va Crack-er: #966 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Underground French hip hop that reminds me that there’s nothing better than discovering great music.
Plumtree – Predicts the Future: #998 of best 1,000 albums ever!
“Scott Pilgrim” and many others are a fantastic blend of garage, poppy punk, and indie rock that are addictively ear pleasing.